EXCLUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exclusion mean? 

• EXCLUSION (noun)
  The noun EXCLUSION has 4 senses:

1. the state of being excluded

2. the state of being excommunicated

3. a deliberate act of omission

4. the act of forcing out someone or something

  Familiarity information: EXCLUSION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCLUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being excluded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("exclusion" is a kind of...):

situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exclusion"):

banishment; Coventry; ostracism (the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent))

debarment (the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices))

Antonym:

inclusion (the state of being included)

Derivation:

exclude (prevent from entering; keep out)

exclude (prevent from entering; shut out)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being excommunicated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

censure; exclusion; excommunication

Hypernyms ("exclusion" is a kind of...):

rejection (the state of being rejected)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A deliberate act of omission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

elision; exception; exclusion

Context example:

with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news

Hypernyms ("exclusion" is a kind of...):

omission (neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something)

Derivation:

exclude (prevent from being included or considered or accepted)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of forcing out someone or something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ejection; exclusion; expulsion; riddance

Context example:

the child's expulsion from school

Hypernyms ("exclusion" is a kind of...):

banishment; proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exclusion"):

defenestration (the act of throwing someone or something out of a window)

deportation (the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien)

ostracism (the act of excluding someone from society by general consent)

barring; blackball (the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto)

ouster; ousting (the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out)

Derivation:

exclude (put out or expel from a place)

 Context examples 

The standard character or string for representation and reporting of inclusion exclusion criterion data.

(Inclusion Exclusion Criterion Result in Standard Format, NCI Thesaurus)

An identifier that describes the relative position of inclusion and exclusion criteria data within a series.

(Inclusion Exclusion Criterion Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)

The first outcome of the inclusion exclusion criterion.

(Inclusion Exclusion Criterion Original Result, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time inclusion and exclusion criterion data was collected.

(Inclusion Exclusion Criterion Collection Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication of whether inclusion or exclusion criteria has been met.

(Inclusion Exclusion Criteria Yes No Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

A classification of the inclusion exclusion criterion.

(Inclusion Exclusion Criterion Category, NCI Thesaurus)

One or more sponsor defined characters used to name inclusion exclusion criteria.

(Inclusion Exclusion Criterion Sponsor Defined Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

A subdivision of inclusion exclusion criterion.

(Inclusion Exclusion Criterion Subcategory, NCI Thesaurus)

Neoplasm drug therapy involving an extracorporeal circuit with temporary exclusion of the tumor-bearing area from the general circulation during which high concentrations of the drug are perfused to the isolated part.

(Isolated Chemotherapeutic Perfusion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

LCK may participate in T-cell activation; p56LCK regulates allelic exclusion at the TCR beta locus.

(Oncogene LCK, NCI Thesaurus)